Speaking for the first time since the surgery, Urias said he had trouble processing the reality that his career would be set back so significantly.

“I had a lot of emotions,” Urias said through interpreter Jesus Quinonez. “You feel sadness. You feel angry. Everything goes to your head. You think about your career, everything you’ve done to get to that point.

“I tried to get out of that stage as fast as I could. Now I feel very motivated and ready for everything.”

Manager Dave Roberts said he sensed from conversation that Urias had recently adjusted his perspective.

Urias is the reason I started blogging again, I didn’t want to miss writing about the career of the teenager. Everything fell into place in 2016 as he gave me plenty to write about. I expected the same in 2017 but on a more grander scale. I felt he would be the second best starter on the team by this time but baseball being baseball put on the brakes.

Now we have to wait another year before we can write about Julio again. He’ll be old news by then. It was quite the story when he was 16, 17, and 18 doing what he was doing in the minor leagues. At 19 and 20 he had the greatest year ever for a LAD pitcher who started the year as a teenager.

Next time he toes a mound in a professional game he’ll be 22. Not so exciting anymore, but hopefully he gets his career back on track and makes us remember once again why we all gathered at the bar in Hollywood to watch his major league debut at the age of 19.

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68elcamino427

August 12, 2017 – 12:08 pm

If all that Urias ever accomplishes is providing you the impetus to write
He did a job well done.

Speaking of well done, likely an apt description of Urias’ career at this point.
If he can come back, it will probably be as a lefty junker.
Just about no one regains their previous speed on the baseball after the type of surgery Urias has had from what I have read.
Scott Boras said it best, paraphrasing here, throw ball harder than body can withstand.